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Microsoft Seeks EU's Help
On Prices It Charges Rivals

By

Mary Jacoby

Updated April 24, 2007 12:01 a.m. ET

BRUSSELS -- Microsoft Corp. wants European regulators to help it set prices for licensing Windows programming information to its rivals, the latest move in a long-running antitrust battle that is increasingly about defining the future of software development and distribution.

Risking the possibility of new fines that could total more than $1 billion, the software giant asked the European Union to clarify formal charges it sent the...